Tokyo: The 51rst Volcano

Duration: 2000

Year Published: 1960

Complete Record: Documentary about the vitality and perseverance characteristic of Tokyo. Shots of muscular Japanese men with headbands drumming aggressively on large drums. Shots of Japanese suburbs and city-housing as seen from a metro-train. Shots of Japanese subway staff cramming people into the train cars of a metro system. Shots of Tokyo traffic and street life. Traffic director inhales mask connected to tank of oxygen. Shots of the Nihonbashi bridge. Ryokichi Minobe talks to architects about maintaining livable conditions in new city housing. Shots of a Japanese boy band singing in unison. Tokyo Underground Youth Theater. Historical footage of the aftermath of the port of Yokohama. Shots of Tokyo night club - high kicking showgirls. Shots of a classroom of 500 students. Students and workers run around and yell in the daily “letting off of steam” at Shinjuku Station. Factory workers singing their company’s anthem. Riots and fires at Tokyo University. Various vignettes demonstrating the hectic lifestyle of Tokyo.